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  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • A surgeon amputating a patient's leg with a saw, he is being held in a particular position by two attendants. Engraving, 1738.
  • Equinoctial ring-dial (i.e. for Northern and Southern latitudes). Signed "Cary, London" undated, circa 1800 (with original case); in hanging position.
  • A naked woman pours from a jug, kneels to a praying position and picks up a handkerchief. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Christ carries the bodily remains of the dead up a ladder to his position on the cross. Etching by A. Hirschvogel, 1547.
  • Plate showing the art of perspective or delineation of solid objects on plane surface so as to give the impression of relative position.
  • A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.
  • A man in a posing pouch bends over, performs a handstand then lowers his legs to a horizontal position. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Scapula and clavicle bones: two figures, including the position of the bones when the arm is raised. Pencil drawing by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.
  • A decrepit old man is told by his friend that he is ripe for a position in the Senate. Lithograph by Draner (Jules Renard).
  • Cuts or no cuts... : ...we'll still be providing services ... making informed choices, the Trust's position regarding Zidovudine (AZT) / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Cuts or no cuts... : ...we'll still be providing services ... making informed choices, the Trust's position regarding Zidovudine (AZT) / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Wand of Office of a Scottish Medical Society. Silver. At the head a thistle surmounted by two demons in a squatting position. Hallmarked, London, Victorian.
  • A young uniformed man sitting with a pillow on his chair, facing a machine giving electro-magnetic treatment; a nurse holds his head in position. Photograph.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: seated in the lotus position on a leopard skin, with withered arms raised above his head. Coloured stipple engraving, 1814.
  • A moorish offender is tortured by being placed backwards on an ass and dragged through town in this position. Line block after R.C. Woodville, 1907.
  • A mechanism to enable invalids to lift themselves up into the sitting position in bed. Engraving by A.W. Warren, ca. 1820, after H.W. Reveley.
  • Two pieces of apparatus that are used to manipulate dislocated shoulders and jaws back into the correct position, apparently conceived by W. Fabricius Hildanus. Etching by J. Bell.
  • Closes' mono-wheel stretcher, in open position: side view, showing the stretcher resting on four fold-out legs, with one large central wheel in contact with the ground. Photograph, 1915/1918.
  • The body of a youth with his trunk dissected to reveal the ribs and viscera, especially the position of the heart. Coloured lithograph by J.B. Léveillé after William Fairland, 1869.
  • A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin, seated in the lotus position on a jade throne, with ten arms, carrying weapons, a bell and round objects. Painting by a Chinese artist.
  • A clothed woman places her hands on a chair seat as she kneels on the ground. She places her hands together and rises to a standing position. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man representing Spain is about to stab three hooded skeletons representing rebellion, fever and famine; representing the position of Spain in the Spanish-American War, 1898. Drawing by W. Parkinson, ca. 1898.
  • Members of the Greek Orthodox congregation of the Holy Grave in Jerusalem waiting at Easter for a good position for the arrival of the Holy Light and Lighting. Etching after B. Picart, 1730.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the interior with the side windows and carboys in position.
  • A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
  • A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man lowers himself from a standing position onto a mat, lying down on his side, on his right hip, his lower right arm raised to support his head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • The body of a youth with his trunk dissected: two figures showing the ribs and viscera, especially the position of the heart in systole and diastole. Coloured lithograph by J.B. Léveillé after William Fairland, 1869.
  • A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.